gmailUpdate

gmailUpdate.py

This script updates the number of emails in your gmail account using a raspberry pi GPIO pins, a 74HC595 shift register, and displays new emails on a 7 segment display.

gmail python library

This project uses the gmail library from charlierguo, the author Charlie Guo, which can be found here. This can also be obtained using the command below:

git clone git://github.com/charlierguo/gmail.git

After downloading place the gmail file that come with the link above along with the python script in the same folder.

Automize the script on the raspberry pi to run every minute.

1. Enter the following command into the terminal.

crontab -e

2. Copy, paste, and exit using control x.

* * * * * python /"PATH TO YOUR DIRECTORY"/gmailUpdate.py

Hardware

The following diagram shows how the 74HC595 shift register drives the 7 segment display.